Near the intro of Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining (read our retro review here), we already get the sense that Danny (Danny Lloyd) and Jack Torrance (Jack Nicholson) have a strained father/son relationship. In addition, the two, along with mother and wife Wendy Torrance (Shelley Duvall), eventually meet a series of …
Read More »PopHorror Writers Pay Tribute To ‘The Shining’ (1980)
The Shining (1980) was initially released 40 years old on May 23, 2020. The film is a masterpiece of modern cinema to many, both in and out of the horror community. To honor the 40th anniversary, I asked the PopHorror team to remember the film and to talk about the …
Read More »Revisiting ‘The Shining’ (1980): Four Decades Of Isolation Terror
Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining (1980) is all about isolation. It’s a theme I think a lot of us can relate to right now. If you’re anything like me, you’ve been mostly locked inside for 2 or more months now. It’s a little maddening, isn’t it? So is it fitting or …
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